An investigation is underway after a shooting in Etowah County left two people injured.

Sheriff’s deputies responded about 10 p.m. Friday to calls of two people shot in the area of Highway 278 East, close to the Calhoun County line around.

When deputies arrived, they found two males suffering from gunshot wounds.

Piedmont Rescue transported one of the victims to a Gadsden area hospital with serious injuries. The second male was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham with life threatening injuries.

Etowah County sheriff’s investigators and Jacksonville State University Center for Applied Forensics responded to processe the scene and conduct interviews.

No additional information has yet been released.

“This is a fairly large scene with multiple witnesses and investigators are still gathering facts,’’ according to a statement from the sheriff’s office. “There is no threat to the community.”